Hosea 14:8 O Israel, stay away from idols. I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me.
It's always good to remember where our fruit comes from. We can't manufacture it ourselves by our own efforts or good works but God tells us where our fruit does come from -
Galations 5:22-23 But it's the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: and what is His fruit? - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control. I would love to produce more of that kind of fruit and I expect you would too.😊
Jesus said in John 15:4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.
There we are! Jesus gave us the way to produce lovely fruit and more of it right there. As long as we're staying close to Him His fruit will grow out of us automatically. The more we're aware of Him in our lives and that our lives are in Him, the more we'll find His fruit, His own character and loveliness being reproduced in us.
2 Corinthians 3:18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord - who is the Spirit - makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.
Thank You Father as we remain in Jesus, Your Holy Spirit is producing the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control in us and changing us all the time to be more and more like Jesus. Amen.
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